Ocean's Blueberry Orange Muffins (vegan)

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups orange juice
• 1/3 cup canola oil (or safflower oil)
• 1/3 cup maple syrup
• 2 tablespoons tahini (raw)
• 1 tablespoon orange zest ("grated zest of one orange")
• 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup blueberries

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 lightly oil muffin pan with canola (or use paper muffin cups.).
• 3 whisk orange juice, oil, syrup, tahini, and zest in a medium bowl.
• 4 combine flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
• 5 add orange juice mixture and combine, using as few strokes as possible to avoid overmixing the batter.
• 6 fold in the blueberries.
• 7 spoon into muffin pan, filling each cup about 3/4 full.
• 8 bake 20-25 minutes. (check for clean toothpick.).
• 9 let sit 5 minutes before removing from pan.